Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-08-23

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now, in 1887, unsettled, and, II possible in worse
.hnn ever although the anairs OF the state,
meanwhile, have been exclusively under demo.
cLauc control. In the interval, having amended
the laws on which the debt settlement was de-
faith, the democrats have Seriously proposed,
Inrougn their leader In the Senate, TO repeal all the
!eg1siation supplemental to that bill, thus con-
own intermeddlingn
Inc conferences with the British bondholders Is
snen reierred to, and the charge made that no
settlement was ever rendered, as provided by the
law OF 1882, but that the bourbon committee ten
dered a settlement TO the British commissioners
WnlCh, both as to amount and as to the feature
OF tax-receivable coupons, was in violation OF their
pledge TO maintain the debt settlement as that OF
tnelr own party, and was an abandonment OF that
settlement.
The address continues:
THE BLESSINGS OF DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT.
I'm many respects we regard the recent Federal
successes OF the democratic party fortunate for
the southern people. IL has enabled them to see
how wild and delusve was the hope, so long held
up DeIOre Inelr eyes, that a democratic admins
tratlon at washington could bring them blessings
or Dement'S comparable to those enjoyed under a
democratic federal administration in appointing
colored men to off1ce has taken away the preteXJ
OF our adversaries by which they tnfamed your
ticket on the score that it was the white mans
party In the full possession OF the Gov
ernment-State and Federal demo-
cIatlc party, Which had promised you untold hap
plness and prosperity when this should come TO
pass, behOdS you surrounded by hard times sue h
explanations nor apologies for its broken promises
The farmers products are sold lower prices than
Tor many years. The wOrkingman finds work
has ever known them. Trade languisheS. Manu-
1acCureS are at their lowest ebA Finances are
panlcky, and the future is nled with darkness and
III a a
supreme, and the Roanoke convention congratu-
iateS on the enjoyment OF the blessings OF demo-
cratic gOVernment-State and Federal"
FEDERAL AID IN THE DEBT SETTLEMENT.
In relation to federal aid in the debt settlement
the address says: This idea feebly presented by
its proponents without any confidence on their
part, has no merit OF originality and is not offered
10 you with the courage OF their convictions. That
IL Is practicable was first advanced by the late
Henry A. Wise, in speech at West Point, Va,
December, 1870. No man in Virginia was further
away from these Bourbon leaders In his feelings
than was Gov. Wise. He had denounced their In
competency on the debt question, their dishonesty
and hypocrisy In election, and had stamped them
with the undying description that they had ''out-
6agSed f n bss aea federa aid
next advocated by the Hon. James g. Blaine, OF
Maine, the republican candidate for President OF
the United States against Mr.. Cleveland. IL it is
ever given eject II will be in opposition to the
narrow views OF federal power entertained by the
democracy, and through the liberal construction
AS to the promised aid for disabled Confederate
soldiers and the widows Of the dead, the address
says that 1.-THE republican party will cheerfully
unite In every such effort in the future, as it has
IN tne past; but we warn the people OF Virginia
that II the party now in power is allowed to re-
main In control its incOmpetency and mismanage-
ment Will leave no revenues to be appropriated
Ior the rel1ef OF soldiers and their widows"
THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
The statement made in the Roanoke platform
that the democratic party founded the school
system of Virginia is pronounced "untrre by the
records. The school system was incorpo-
rated into the Virginia constitution by a
republican convention and adopted by all the
people. Its adoption was made a condition pre-
cedent to the restoration of the state to federal
relation. The statement that the democratic
party has adopted every measure to secure its
efficiency is bold aSSeveratiOn in view OF its long
battle for the coupons against the schools, and
pledge which it has made no pretense whatever
of redeeming, and the declaration OF its efficient
management or the free-schoOl system finds a
painful denial in the diShonored warrants issued
to our school teachers. which are hawked about
unpaid under its administration, q condition OF
things at which the republican party may well
be Indignant when it is borne In mind that this
abuse was entirely corrected when it was in
power. The declaration In favor OF the Blair bill
which We are crfticiSing. The Blair bill was twice
passed by republican Senate and twice de-
feated by democratic House: The effort made to
place the responsibility for these defeats upon the
Hon. John g. Carlisle is an unmanly and dishOn-
est subterfuge The Virginia democratic Repre-
sentatives knew the opposition OF Mr.. Carlisle to
the bill when they went into the democratic
caucus. They knew that a majority OF that
caucus agreed with the views OF Mr.. Carlisle and
would elect him Speaker, placing It In his power
to appoint committees and recognize members in
such q way as to defeat the measure. With this
knowledge they agreed to be bound by the action
of that caucus, and voted for Mr.. Carlisle. The
defeat of the Blair bill was the action Of the dem
Ocratic party, and for that action the democratic
Representatives from Virginia were as much re-
to be bound by the action OF caucus which
made him Speaker, with full knowledge OF his
views, and voted for him In obedience to that
pledge, thereby surrendering every principle they
prOfeSSed upon the revenue, the tariff, and the
Blair bill TO the dtctat1on Of the democratic
caucus, well apprised of what they were doing,
Carlisle as democratic Speaker by the next
Congress, Notwithstanding his opposition to that
measure and all similar propositions.
HARD ON GOV. LEE.
OF the administration of Gov Lee it saws that
his sole monument so far is an elevator In the
capitol constructed for his convenience. He has
invited public meetings OF the citizens in various
cities and counties to protest against the payment
OF taxes In coupons. IN turn, invited to lend the
weight and sanction OF his presence as governor at
the meeting held in Richmond pursuant to his
CALL pleaded pressing official duties as an excuse
for absence. The morning journals OF the follow
ing day disclosed the fact that he was enjoy
ing the play at the Richmond Theater with boon
companions at the moment his excuses were being
call to discuss their poverty He invited the
representatives OF the British bOndhOlders TO the
capital of Virginia, and while they were Rich
m0nd awaiting the results OF their efforts at set
tlement with the State, involving millions, the
public press announced Gov. Lee absent from his
commonwealth Of1iciating as Judge OF horse race
at washington, d. C. He has used the State boards
which he appoints, to reward brOken-dOw n military
friends and incapable aristOcrats, and, in several
notable Instances, to accomplish his own political
and private ends. His chief employment In Office
has been sefdisplay and junkettng with associates
unqualified to advise or instruct him In the serious
duties or his office. From the date OF his inaugu-
ration he has 'iddled while Rome is burning and
frivolous levtty is the chief characteristic OF his
term. Such trifling with grave and sad public
interests may be CLOSED over by democratic man.
ayers with an endorsement as wise and jud1ciOuS'
II remains to be seen whether it fills the measure
of what the people expected from the nephew OF
Robert L. Lee"
District Government Affairs.
COMPLAINTS AND PETITIONS.
Motley Anderson complains that the Chesapeake
and Potomac Telephone Co. have dug up the pave
ment at the corner OF 14th and streets north
west thereby endangering the lives OF pedestrians
Jno +. Kelly writes that the present condition OF
NJ street, between ~ and Union streets south
west is disgrace TO the District and an outrage